Isa textula

Isa textula, the crowned slug moth or skiff moth is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in North America from Minnesota, southern Ontario and Massachusetts to Florida, Texas, and Mississippi.[3]

Isa textula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Isa
Species:
I. textula
Binomial name
Isa textula
Synonyms
  • Limacodes textula Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
  • Limacodes inornata Grote & Robinson, 1867

The larvae feed on the leaves of various trees, including oak, cherry, maple, basswood, elm and beech. Early instars leave zigzagging tracks in the underside of leaves. They are pale green and flattened and have lobes with stinging spines and additional stinging hairs which run down the back.

Another moth, Prolimacodes badia, is also referred to by the common name skiff moth.

References
  1. Isa at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide
  • Larva
  • Larva
  • Larva
  • Cocoon


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